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Wednesday on Lake Effect: 'North of Dixie,' Niki Johnson, Urban-Rural Divide, 'Bonny Anne Bonny'

Wednesday on Lake Effect:

A new book illustrates the face of the civil rights movement in northern U.S. cities, including in Milwaukee. Then, the creator of the controversial artwork Eggs Benedict is back with a new work that celebrates Planned Parenthood. Essayist JF Riordan examines the divisions between rural and urban America. And Theatre Red launches a new play based on the real American pirate Anne Bonney.

Guests:

  • Mark Speltz, author, North of Dixie: Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South
  • Niki Johnson, artist, Hills and Valleys
  • J.F. Riordan, essayist
  • Liz Shipe, Alicia Rice, and Marcy Doherty-Elst, Bonny Anne Bonny, Theatre RED

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